Slight Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in Mexico Recorded

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Mexico have grew in the course of the past two weeks. The automated hacking attempts have grown by 5.9 percent through the last fortnight, according to evidence from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. However, there was a slight decline of 19 percent in the whole world.

In Mexico, the number of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace increased during the previous 14-day period as 1,300 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. In other words, the automated hacking attempts increased slightly by 5.9 percent. The sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Mexico was 3,300. It is the highest number of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server for a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

There has been, by means of a comparison, a rise of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Hungary and Lithuania. With 700 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the previous 14-day period, Hungary has recorded an escalation of 6.7 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Lithuania, the amount has increased by 6 percent to 270 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

Mexico is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased all around the world. In the last weeks, there have been 19 percent less automated hacking attempts than through the past two weeks in the world. Up until now, this year there have been 1,400 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have gone up by 14 percent on a year-to-year comparison. In other words, the number of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in the world was 1,200,000.

The information is provided by Windows servers secured by Syspeace globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies to fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to finally get them right. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases to find the right one.

To keep problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.